“A man with a knife is master of a thousand tasks,” was a line I heard that got me into knife making, especially when I found out in the wilderness how important a good knife really is. People who use and collect knives have a lot of questions about use, design, types of steel, hardening, doing it yourself, general ‘how to.’ I have some unique answers to standard questions that others have found interesting. I began without electricity. I operate on a low budget. I have minimal tools, I have had 45 years experience, and made over 500 knives. I have stated a knife is the single most importantsurvival tool. Here is where to ask, share, discuss, these subjects.

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Miles Martin here, hi.

My main life skill is wilderness survival. I have written several books on the subject, written for the New York Times, Geo in Europe, and Alaska Magazine. I spent 25 years alone in the Alaska wilderness as hermit, mountain man, subsistence person. Beyond just ‘off the grid.’ I was born and raised in the city, had few skills beyond what I learned watching Walt Disney and some minor family camping. I paid a pilot to drop me off in the wilds, cold turkey. I walked out a year later. I built a houseboat, lived off the land nomadically with no electricity no ID no bills with my sled dogs. I lived on $2,000 a year for many years. I’ve been an artist writer knife maker for a living, mostly in my later years. I’m a 64 year old senior now. I have spent time in my youth in the city, more years in the wilds, and some time in remote villages. I travel doing art shows so am at least familiar with a variety of situations. I feel I am in a position to comment and offer meaningful advice on a lot of survival situations.